Can't stack meals

[crafter15 10]

I can't stack some meals for some reason, but not others. Some meals are somehow split into different categories, but still somewhat stackable (assuming same ingredients).

Now I found a non-terrible recipe and try to use it, but every single meal I make insists on occupying a separate inventory slot. What's wrong?

[Kittychanley 1,002]

The fact that they stack in the first place is the bug. Meals in general won't stack because even though they have the same ingredient data on them, and the same weight data on them, they have different decay values on them because they were made at different times.

[crafter15 10]

I guess I'll just not make them then. Not going to travel around the world with a full inventory of 20oz meals. I sure don't need to have full saturation healtn when I'm at home, do I? Not many monsters attacking me there.

Considering that's what a lot of other players will conclude, that feature kinda looks like a waste of coding time.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Look at it this way, would you rather carry 4 different foods in your inventory for a balanced meal, or a single meal? Also, remember that you can use vessels to store your meals which will also slow their decay.

[crafter15 10]

When used as storage, the vessel is more like a tool for expediting carpal tunnel syndrome. Juggling vessels is way too much hassle. A single 20oz meal will be gone within a few minutes of playing. It's more sensible to carry just one 160oz stack of cabbage and forget the saturation.

At least that way I won't accidentally starve to death, and will have some space for other items. A decent exploration kit is something like a full hotbar of tools, plus a few things in the inventory. The rest gets filled almost immediately as well.

[TyronX 16]

Look at it this way, would you rather carry 4 different foods in your inventory for a balanced meal, or a single meal? Also, remember that you can use vessels to store your meals which will also slow their decay.

 

Similary to crafter15, I personally started to just carry around a vessel with 4 160oz foods of each category, meals are just too quickly gone to be of use, I find. Meals should be 40oz or 60oz, don't you think?

[Terex 108]

I once managed to stack some meals and consumed the stack as if it was one meal (yes, it's a bug to be able to stack meals).

 

Meals would be useful if I could make anything better than a poor meal but i guess my cooking skillz are too low. I too am tempted to just eat a piece of 160 oz meat/vegetable/fruit while i'm sitting at my base smithing or building. Only when i need to venture out or go spelunking in caves does it matter to have full health from good nutrition.